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Given a string of numbers, you can interpolate basic operations (+, -, * and /) to create an equation that can be evaluated using simple math. Given a string of numbers and a value, write a method that prints all of the equations that can be generated using that string that evaluate to the given value. ex- f("323",3) will print out "3 * 2 - 3"
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Software Engineer

Interviewed at Triplebyte

3.5
Mar 31, 2016

Given a string of numbers, you can interpolate basic operations (+, -, * and /) to create an equation that can be evaluated using simple math. Given a string of numbers and a value, write a method that prints all of the equations that can be generated using that string that evaluate to the given value. ex- f("323",3) will print out "3 * 2 - 3"

The question was to write a simple program in any language that allows a user to guess a 4 digit pin containing only the numbers 1 - 5, If the user did not get the correct answer the program was to tell then how many digits they guessed correctly in the correct place and how many digits they guessed that were in the computers guess but not in the correct place....
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Software Developer

Interviewed at PowerShop

4.1
Feb 14, 2015

The question was to write a simple program in any language that allows a user to guess a 4 digit pin containing only the numbers 1 - 5, If the user did not get the correct answer the program was to tell then how many digits they guessed correctly in the correct place and how many digits they guessed that were in the computers guess but not in the correct place....

A few questions on basic command-line syntax in Unix shells: 1. How would you log output and error messages from a command to a file? 2. How would you run the same command on every file in a directory? 3. How would you find the PID of a named process (say if you wanted to kill it)?
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Software Engineer

Interviewed at Morgan Stanley

3.9
Feb 28, 2012

A few questions on basic command-line syntax in Unix shells: 1. How would you log output and error messages from a command to a file? 2. How would you run the same command on every file in a directory? 3. How would you find the PID of a named process (say if you wanted to kill it)?

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